Clarification and Guide on Standalone Support

Hey all, given that we now have two Standalone games supported, questions that often arise are: What can become a standalone? How is the process handled? And where do we request it? Given that the floodgates are now open, we would like to offer some clarifications that are now extensively described in the docs. To give a short summary of what is described there:

- What are the requirements to work on a standalone (developer status, knowledge of programming language ot modding tools if applicable etc.)
- What do we look for in standalone support (games that have achievements elswhere, MMOs, Fangames, etc.)
- How to request to work on standalone support

This leaves the door pretty open for what is possible, and we definitely want to keep it that way. However, do keep the following in mind: The Admin team of RetroAchievements makes the final decision as to whether we proceed with a proposal.

Hopefully that answers any questions! For more information, check out https://docs.retroachievements.org/general/standalone-support.html

that very good now developers can support windows game like ys origins and megaman unlimited and other very nice games

Would be nice to see a ton of games pop up on here for standalone like Factorio or Sonic Robo Blast 2. I'm completely clueless how you'd add support for them but I appreciate everything that went into Terraria for it. Haven't played like Vanilla-ish on that in forever.

minecraft trophies when

Doom source port support would be insane, we could make achievements for any WADs we want. That's the only standalone I want.

The day achievements for Sierra/Impressions PC games are on RA would be a great day for me

My picks would be Rayman Redemption, Sonic Unleashed Decomp, the Fallout series and Sonic GT. That's just for starters, of course

@SnowMew SRB2 was literally the first thing that came to mind, I'd love to see a set implemented for that

Would likely have to include checks for any addon WADs and console commands (like godmode or noclip) to disable Hardcore mode, though there might be some checks in-game already for that kinda thing

Could even open the door to including certain addon WADs as subsets (SRB2Kart etc.)

Diablo series, Unreal series, Alien Vs Predator series, Black and White series, etc...

The proposer must either be a Developer on RetroAchievements, or a Junior Developer with at least one published set
That's interesting, I'm almost done with my first set so I'll definitely take a closer look at this while I wait for code review.

Could Standalone games work with Source Engine games like Half Life 2?

Or Doom WAD games like Sonic Robo Blast 2

Ultrakill x Retro achievements tomorrow

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This is great info, anyone have any info or hints what the next standalone could actually be?
By this info it seems like anything is possible which is cool but what could the next "anything" be

Didn't find answer for question Standalone x wen? Or at least hints for next big thing.